As with every industry we serve, the healthcare sector has its own criteria and requirements in terms of its purchasing, accounting and inventory procedures. Most businesses, including all types of healthcare facilities, are tasked with lowering costs, achieving efficiency and gaining greater control over their spending. BirchStreet’s procure-to-pay solutions make this possible for the non-acute healthcare industry – from medical groups to multi-site senior living chains to critical access hospitals.

BirchStreet’s procure-to-pay platform can benefit all these types of healthcare organizations by lowering supply chain costs, enhancing revenue and improving operational efficiency. The solution automates the purchasing process beginning with suppliers, ordering and receiving, and ends with payment. The system offers a robust catalog system to connect to suppliers for real-time, on demand pricing and control over product formularies. The BirchStreet platform connects the businesses to suppliers on demand, which brings expedited ROI with operational efficiency, savings and transparency. The system is scalable to both small and large facilities, allowing flexibility to not only purchase from any vendor through online order guides, but also to track, budget and manage all of your spend.

“Premier Spend Control and BirchStreet have provided our purchasing department the time saving benefits of online ordering and tools to streamline our purchasing process. In addition, we have been able to standardize many products enabling us to capitalize on GPO contracts and recognize greatest savings. Order guides allow us to capture even rarely-ordered and non-stocked products, ensuring consistency and quick-ordering. The inventory system allows us to establish par values and monitor inventory levels, reducing over-ordering or shortages. Reporting and look-up features make accessing data easy. We look forward to opening the system up to other users to further simplify requisitioning and purchasing to increase real-time budget impact of online ordering and tools to streamline our purchasing process.

“In addition, we have been able to standardize many products enabling us to capitalize on GPO contracts and recognize greatest savings. Order guides allow us to capture even rarely-ordered and non-stocked products, ensuring consistency and quick-ordering. The inventory system allows us to establish par values and monitor inventory levels, reducing over-ordering or shortages. Reporting and look-up features make accessing data easy. We look forward to opening the system up to other users to further simplify requisitioning and purchasing to increase real-time budget impact.”